OOSPLA'96 CFP: Workshop on OO software evolution and re-engineering

OOSPLA'96 CFP: Workshop on OO software evolution and re-engineering

[Eduardo Casais]

OOPSLA'96 Call for participation

Worshop on

OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE EVOLUTION AND RE-ENGINEERING

The indiscriminate use of object-oriented mechanisms
and weaknesses in design methods result in software
exhibiting poor flexibility and adaptability. 
Managing the evolution of large, long-lived systems
and re-engineering them for increased flexibility is 
therefore a strategical consideration for companies
that rely extensively on object-orientation.

The goals of the workshop are to raise the awareness
of the problem and to create a forum for generating
and exchanging ideas for the management and evolution
of large mature object-oriented systems.

The workshop will cover issues such as re-engineering
first-generation OO systems into reusable frameworks,
documenting evolving software, analyzing systems with
respect to flexibility, reorganization algorithms and
tools, environments for evolution and collaborative 
(re)-design, version and configuration management, 
iterative design. 
After selected presentations by participants, groups
will be organized to work on different aspects of the
problem. The results will be discussed in plenum; a
research agenda will be identified and future concerted
actions will be planned.

Requirements for Attendance: Selection of participants
will be based on short position papers (4 pages, ASCII,
Word attachment, or uuencoded PostScript) to be sent
by August 5. Acceptance is notified by August 20.

Organizers:
Eduardo Casais (Nokia)
Antero Taivalsaari (Nokia)
Roland Trauter (Daimler-Benz)

Submissions:
Eduardo Casais
Nokia Research Center
P.O. Box 45
FIN-00211 Helsinki, Finland	

Telephone: +358 0 4376 6917

Fax: +358 0 4376 6308

Email: eduardo.casais@research.nokia.com